Berchidda

Berchidda Belchidda
Comune
Comune di Berchidda
Panorama of Berchidda
Berchidda Location of Berchidda in Sardinia
Coordinates: 40°47′N 9°10′E / 40.783°N 9.167°E / 40.783; 9.167Coordinates: 40°47′N 9°10′E / 40.783°N 9.167°E / 40.783; 9.167
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province / Metropolitan city	Sassari (SS)
Government
• Mayor	Sebastiano Sannitu (since May 18, 2005)
Area
• Total	201.88 km2 (77.95 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
• Total	3,037
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Berchiddesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	07022
Dialing code	079
Patron saint	St. Sebastian
Saint day	January 20

Berchidda (Gallurese: Bilchidda, Sardinian: Belchidda) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Cagliari and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Olbia.

It is located near Lake Coghinas in a hilly area bordered on the north by the Limbara mountain range.

Berchidda borders the following municipalities: Alà dei Sardi, Calangianus, Monti, Oschiri, Tempio Pausania.

A jazz festival called Time in Jazz takes place every year in Berchidda since 1988. Paolo Fresu, the famous Sardinian trumpet player, born in Berchidda in 1961, is the founder and the organizer of this festival.

It is connected by the SS 131 State Road and has a station on the Cagliari-Olbia-Golfo Aranci railway.